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The South Caldwell Softball team finished runners up in their first appearance in the state tournament The Hickory Daily Record Reports. The Spartans fell 6 to 3 to Jack Britt in the third game of the championship

According to the Hickory Daily Record Dominique Jesse Wright of Hickory stole lottery tickets valued at $296 from the Speedway Gas Station on Highway 70.  Wright has been charged with one count of felony larceny. North Carolina

The Morganton News Herald Reports Justin Kyle Choate of Dallas was killed after his motorcycle crashed into the guardrail near the Enola Road exit in Morganton Thursday afternoon. Choate was reported by witnesses to be driving in

A Tractor trailer overturned spilling cinder blocks along Highway 181 Thursday morning according to The Morganton News Herald. Marcaus Liles tried to make a curve after his brakes failed but the weight of the cinder blocks flipped

Waterfalls Road in Northern Caldwell County is closed after a large landslide according to the Lenoir News-Topic. Power outages have been reported due to trees bringing down power lines.

According to the Lenoir News Topic Justin Coffey of Lenoir cut a hole in the ceiling of the Sawmills apartment where he was staying and then walked over to the neighboring apartment. Coffey then cut another hole

Caldwell County’s unemployment rate dropped .06 percent to 3.6 percent according to the North Carolina Labor and Economic Analysis Division. The Lenoir News Topic reports this is the first time since December of 200 that Caldwell County’s

The Morganton News Herald Reports Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency for McDowell County on Tuesday. The state of emergency will help the state coordinate storm response and prepare for additional impact. Residents near Lake

An autopsy is planned on 11 month old Harlee Lewis today according to WSOCTV. Harlee was reported missing by her mother Brianna Lewis Tuesday in Chesterfield, South Carolina. The infant was found a short time later near

Erika McLean of Sawmills was assaulted at the outside of the Shuford Recreation Center in Granite Falls Monday according to The Lenoir News Topic. McLean was in parking when a man with brown hair and a beard,